Red Cubs Mangle Helpless Junior Pirates

In what will probably end up as the worst beating ever in the history of NCAA juniors basketball, the San Beda Red Cubs dismembered a severely overmatched Lyceum side, 171-14, at the resumption of the 88th NCAA juniors basketball tournament at The Arena in San Juan today.

It was a case of the Red Cubs reasserting their dominance over the Junior Pirates – only greater this time – as the powerhouse squad had toyed with their hapless counterparts during their two outings last season.

San Beda had previously trashed Lyceum with laughable margins – a 163-28 pounding on July 11 and a 154-35 rout on October 3 last year.

Today’s game was no different, with the Red Cubs of coach Britt Reroma mercilessly mounting a 67-0 onslaught that spanned the first two quarters.

Lyceum’s Aldwin Ligot finally hit a basket midway in the second quarter – the team’s only points in the half – but it was way far from quelling the embarrassment.

At the end the first half, San Beda led by a whopping 90 points, 92-2.

Ligot ended up scoring 12 of Lyceum's 14 points.

San Beda's Ranbill Tongco, meanwhile, outscored the entire Lyceum squad, finishing with 27 points on a perfect 12-of-12 shooting.

The Junior Pirates – only in their second NCAA season since the school joined the league as a guest team last year – failed to notch a single victory in 18 games last season, often losing by huge deficits.

source: Philstar.com